Imatinib mesylate in advanced dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: pooled analysis of two phase II clinical trials.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on March 01, 2010

Authors

Piotr Rutkowski1, Martine Van Glabbeke, Cathryn J Rankin, Wlodzimierz Ruka, Brian P Rubin, Maria Debiec-Rychter, Alexander Lazar, Hans Gelderblom, Raf Sciot, Dolores Lopez-Terrada, Peter Hohenberger, Allan T van Oosterom, Scott M Schuetze, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma Group, Southwest Oncology Group

Author Affiliations

1: Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Roentgena 5, 02-781 Warsaw, Poland. rutkowskip@coi.waw.pl

Associated clinical trials:

Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans or Giant Cell Fibroblastoma | NCT00085475

Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans | NCT00084630

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